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Philip II Tetradrachm

KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 23 mm, 14.41 g, 6 h), Amphipolis, struck under Antipater, Polyperchon, or Kassander, circa 323/2-316/5. Flan crack on the obverse and test cut on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.

Date: 323-315 BCE

Obverse: Laureate bust of Zeus to right

Reverse: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Young jockey, holding palm frond in his right hand and reins in his left, riding horse to right; below horse, Macedonian shield; below raised foreleg, Π

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